I got my I-band last week and had hernia surgery at the same time. I am 100 pounds over weight and worried that I will fail. I have wanted the help to get healthy for over 20 years and just now could get it.

I feel so lost because there is on one in my area to talk to about what I am going through. Is anyone else feeling this lost? I constantly question anything I eat and drink. I was gave a list and I stick to it but I still feel like I am doing it wrong. PLEASE IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE LET ME KNOW.

Today is the first time that I have been real hungry, so bad that my stomach is growling and everyone can hear it. Will this get better when I finally do get a fill?

Thank for any and all help anyone can give me.

Danna

I got my I-band last week and had hernia surgery at the same time. I am 100 pounds over weight and worried that I will fail. I have wanted the help to get healthy for over 20 years and just now could get it.

I feel so lost because there is on one in my area to talk to about what I am going through. Is anyone else feeling this lost? I constantly question anything I eat and drink. I was gave a list and I stick to it but I still feel like I am doing it wrong. PLEASE IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE LET ME KNOW.

Today is the first time that I have been real hungry, so bad that my stomach is growling and everyone can hear it. Will this get better when I finally do get a fill? There is a post on people that have had this operation, look for the " plication pioneers" and " lap band with plication" do a search and read these threads and contact the people that had this type of surgery! All the best to you?

Thank for any and all help anyone can give me.

Danna

. Check out the groups under my name for help and information. All the best !!

What you're feeling is totally normal. I got my band with gastric plication in May. Sometimes I eat things that don't agree with me. Every day is a learning process. Overall I'm feeling pretty good and looking forward to losing more weight. This site has been really helpful for me and it's great support! Good luck.

Danna,

I am 2 weeks out, feeling some of the same things you're feeling.

My surgeon is Dr. Carter at True Results, I went to one of the support meetings they offer a few weeks before my surgery and it really helped.

I'm looking forward to going again

If you need a buddy count me in!

hi danna, i had that surgery a month ago

you just continue to heal

your post reads like me. contact me anytime.

there are great people on this forum. you will do great.

just go one day at a time.

Thanks for all the encouraging words. I see y'all are having good result, I am not. I guess it will just come with time. I stay hungry and my stomach growls like crazy. I just hope that when I get a fill that maybe my mind and my stomach will easy up.. lol

Dont compare yourself or your weight loss to others! That was a huge lesson I had to learn for myself. Personally, I am a slow loser, I have had my band since December, and lost 50 lbs to date. I see others that are 100+ lbs down and I question what I am doing wrong. There is nothing wrong, just the way your body chooses to lose. Dont get discouraged. This forum is a great place to get support, meet people, and move forward. Keep your chin up, it does get better, but first you have to get through whats known as "bandster hell"

I haven't seen anyone offering Gastric banding with Plication in New Zealand. I just googled it - sounds like a mix of Banding and stomach stapling- without removing any stomach tissue - is that right? If I've got it wrong - can someone explain what the procedure is? Thanks. :-)

I haven't seen anyone offering Gastric banding with Plication in New Zealand. I just googled it - sounds like a mix of Banding and stomach stapling- without removing any stomach tissue - is that right? If I've got it wrong - can someone explain what the procedure is? Thanks. :-)

Yes. It's a mix of sleeve plication with the band. It's still relatively new.

I just had my surgery dec 17, 2013. I went to Dr. Robert Snow and got the lap band and stomach plication as well as hernia repair. I am very early in my journey and hoping to get some advice from some of you who have had the same procedure done. I'm unsure as to how much my stomach can now hold, liquid or food, and I am still on the liquid/purée phase post op diet. My stomach rumbles all the time and I am taking in between 600-900 calories a day. I usually eat/drink about a cup of soup or pureed beans 3 times a day. Sometimes I feel stuffed and other times not. I do have cramping sometimes but I know I am still healing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I Apologize if I posted this in the wrong place or hijacked this post